News + Politics
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Life in Coopersville
Naturally, I already knew that Anderson Cooper was gay, for a number of reasons. First, I work in Washington as a journalist, an industry of...
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With Anderson out, colleagues praise the move as “honest,” saying he’s “helped many”
Today’s coming-out letter from...
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Anderson Cooper officially comes out to Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish
“It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken...
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LGBT Military Groups SLDN and OutServe Announce Plan to Combine Organizations
This past weekend the boards of directors of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and OutServe voted to become one organization by October, SLDN announced this morning....
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Armando Montano, 22-year-old out gay journalist, found dead in Mexico City
Armando “Mando” Montano, a 22-year-old news intern for the Associated Press in Mexico City this summer, was found dead early Saturday, June 30, according to...
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Richard Isay, psychiatrist who fought gay “mental illness” label, dead at 77
The New York Times reports tonight that Richard Isay, 77, has died. From the article: Dr. Richard A. Isay, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and gay-rights advocate...
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BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Ask Supreme Court to Review DOMA Case
The Republican-led House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today mailed its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the May 31 ruling of the...
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Frenchie Davis disappointed by “condescending” Tom Joyner interview
Singer Frenchie Davis expressed her feelings on Twitter after appearing on the Tom Joyner Morning Show: “so confused about why Tom Joyner asked me to be on...
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Gay Libertarian Challenges Holmes Norton
Bruce Majors's platform for Congress may raise some eyebrows: he doesn't have one. ''I don't think I need one,'' Majors says candidly. ''I'm not running...
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Three Arrested in Local Teen's Stabbing
Three people have been arrested for stabbing a local teenager multiple times on the evening of June 26, in what is thought to be a...
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Don't Stop Believing
There was a point in my life when I thought nothing could have more meaning than music. Specifically, during my teenage years in high school...
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Stonewall Baby
A birthday is bound to prompt a reflection on the arc of one's life. For me, turning 43 on June 29, when I look at...
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Montgomery Co. Fliers Nixed
The Montgomery County School Board voted 6-1 Monday evening to end the county's quarterly program that allowed community nonprofits to send home informational fliers with...
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Epidemic Update
When Whitman-Walker Health, the local community health center specializing in LGBT and HIV/AIDS care, hosts its July 21 forum on HIV/AIDS at George Washington University's...
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National LGBT Briefs: Texas Tragedy, Catholic Counter and a Union
Teen Lesbian Couple Found Shot in South Texas A lesbian couple, Mary Christine (aka Kristene) Chapa, 18, and Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, were discovered Saturday,...
